Ole Miss is appealing the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions finding of a lack of institutional control during the Hugh Freeze years and a two-year postseason ban that would make the Rebels ineligible for a bowl appearance in 2018. The Clarion Ledger says Ole Miss has been told “it could appeal on facts, violations or penalties found or prescribed to the institution.”

The university’s case will be heard by the five-member Infractions Appeals Committee, including Ellen M. Ferris, associate commissioner/senior woman administrator for the American Athletic Conference; Patti Ohlendorf, vice president of legal affairs at the University of Texas; and W. Anthony Jenkins, chief diversity officer at Dickinson Wright PLLC. Two additional members will be appointed by the end of February.

In its Dec. 15 statement, the university said it had “the best legal team in the country” to handle the appeal, adding, “We believe the additional penalties imposed by the COI are unwarranted, which we will make very clear at the appropriate time in our written submissions on the merits of our appeal.”

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